Repairing last



June 17, 1930. I J. DlsENzA Er AL 1,763,765

REPAIRING LAST Filed Jan. 29, 1929 Patented June 17,1930

JOI-IN DISCENZA AND JOSEPH FILIPEOlVE, NEW YORK, N. Y.

REPAIRING Application filed January 29, '1929. Serial No. 335,882.

The invention relates to a repairing last adapted for use in repairingsoles, heels, and other parts of shoes, and particularly high heeledturn shoes, the bottoms of which are thin and liable 4to be bent out ofshape when being tapped and otherwise repaired.

The object of the invention is to provlde a repairing last whereby thebottoms of shoes characterized as above stated, may be re# paired,Without liability of deformmg. or otherwise injuring'the shoe bottomduring the repairing operation.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciiication,

Figure 1 is atop plan view of our improved repairing last.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the last on line 2 2 of Figure 1, and aside view of the last-supporting means, said figure including a dottedline representation of a shoe 1n place on the last.

Figure 3 is a section online 3 3 of Figure 2. l

Figure 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig ure 2. y

Figure 5 is a section on `line 5 5 of -Figure 2.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all lof thegures.

Our improved repairing last, designated as a whole by 10, Figures 3, 4and 5, is supported by a standard 12, preferably formed with the lastand mounted on a base 13, which may be fixed to a bench, or supported bythe operators lap,vthe standard having a reduced end portion 14, adaptedto turn in a socket Y in the base, a set screvT 15 being provided tosecure the standard to the base in any position to which it may beturned.

The last is attenuated or slender in cross section, so that a shoe 160,shown by dotted lines, may be easily applied to and removed from it, thelength of the last being such that its work-supporting face extends fromthe toe to the heel portion of the internal surface of the shoe bottom,as'indicated by Figure 2, said supporting face being coextensive inlength with the internal surface of the shoe bottom, so that the toe endof said face is adapted to bear on the toe portion of the shoe upper andthe heel endon the heel portion o f said upper, as indicated by Figure2, to prevent endwise movement of the shoe on the last.

The work-supporting face ofthe last is shaped to conform closely tothefore and heel portions of said internal surface, and to the ymedianVline of the shank portion thereof, and includes `a` fore portion 16, aball portion 17, ashankportion 18, and a heel seat portion 19. .T

Said face portions 16, 17v and 19 conform closely respectively to thefore portion 20, the ball portion 21, and the heel portion 23 ofthe-'internal surface of the shoe bottom,

and are coextensive in width with the Said bottom portions so that theyare adapted to bear on side portions of the shoe upper, as shown byFigures 3 and `5,"to' prevent-side'- wisemovement of the'shoe on thelast. The shank portion 18l conforms to kthe curvature g70 of thelongitudinal median line of the shank portion 22 of said internalsurface and is narrowed for a purpose hereinafter stated.

The last is particularly adapted to support a high heeled turn shoeduring the op- 75 erations of applying vhalf soles and heels or heellifts thereto. The described conformation 'of the worksupporting` face.of the last -to ,the internal surface of a turn shoe bottom, and thebear- .ing of said face on the ends and sides of the upper, prevents thepossibility of spoiling the/shape of the bottom b'y force applied whenthe lsame is being repaired, the bottom of a turn shoe being relativelythin, and lliable to be bent out of shape,if not adequately suphvported.r Y As shown by Figures 2 and 4, the shank portion 18 oftheworkfsupporting face ofV the'last is narrow and formed to support 90either a wide or anarrow shank portion 22 of .the internal face of theshoe bottom, .the-median'line'` of the fore portion 18 conforming tothat ofthe surface portion 22. The width of the shank portion 22 of ashoe bottom -95 differs in different shoes of the same length and of thesame width in the fore and heel parts. The shank portion of the last 18is narrower than the minimum width of the shank portion 22 of the shoebottom. 100

The margin ofv the heel seat portion 19 is rounded, to conformaccurately to the margin of the heel portion 23 of the internal bottomsurface, so that there is no liability of 5 breakage of the heel whenlifts are being attached thereto.

The last is capable of. use initliemanner describedwith only one size,ofshoe, and is one of a set of preferably live lasts, each of a 0different size from the others, said lasts being adapted to beused'interchangeablywith a1 single base 13.

Although our improved last is particularly' useful in repairing`turnshoes, it may be used. 15 in repairingI shoes otherwise made.

Thjeiform,oftheiside-andtoe endiportions ofltheforefpart otgthelast issuoli as to permit repairs. otg thelshoe upper; by the application ofpatches and a cap thereto. v

20 A, repairing lastV embodying the invention ischaracterized chiefiy,by the factthat-` the shank on Waisti oftheL last is slender andre.-duced in width, theshank portion=181of its work supporting faceibeinfgnarrower than gthe shank portion22 of: the bottomiof; any shoe forWhich-the last is intended, as indi catedby Eig. at; It Willbeseen,.therefore, thatnvlien theilastis usediin repairingaishoe whosebottonrhas a shank portion ofu'lnini- 3D muni width, theishank orwaistof the last hasn() injurious bulging contactfwith thefupper at, the ishank, portion of theV shoe. In other words the work supporting face ofithe last conforms closely to theshoe bottomfand et ,upper only:r at theforeiand: heelportions, as indicated by Figs. 3.and 5,.the sideportionso f the last shank. haringno close conformation ,to ,theaipper ati theshanky portion` of' the shoe as indicated by Fig, 4:

a Ee claim:

fh repairing last hailing ashoe bottoni supporting face conforming tothe-length ofi a Shoe .ofl the size orfnuniber .for Y-Whicli the lastisintended, the fore and heel'fportions ofjsaid .g5 faceconformingiinWidth tothe fore andfheel portions. of the shoe bottom, the shanleportion off the lastA being reduoed in Width to permits the supportingface portion for-med thereon .to-support` eithera Wide or a narrow m,shoeibottoin,shanlt'portioin so that when the last; is used* inrepairing ashoe having a shank portion of minilnuniwidth, theshankportioniofvthelast has no injurious Contact with the upper at:` theshank portion of the shoe` In testimony whereofl We halve alixedoursignatures J @HN DISGENZA. y JOSEPHl FILIPPONE.

